Joaquin Phoenix, who appears to be slowly but surely losing his marbles, performed at a club the other night in Las Vegas in his quest to become the next great rap star. Yes, rap star. According to Phoenix, he has retired from acting to become a full-time rapper. (See video of the performance here)

Here's the thing: I don't for a moment believe this. Joaquin's brother-in-law, Casey Affleck (brother to Ben), was there to film the performance as part of a documentary the duo are making about Joaquin's journey to rap god, and that's more than a little suspicious to me. Casey seems like a pretty smart guy with a good head on his shoulders. I doubt he would want any part of these shenanigans.

No, I believe the two are making a documentary about how easy it is to fool people -- gossip bloggers particularly, who are of course running with this rap career story -- into believing just about anything. I'm willing to bet this is all some elaborate ruse to pull one over on the gullible public.

I mean, Joaquin is off his rocker, for sure, but is he batsh*t crazy? Yeah, okay. Still not a rapper, though.

Or a frequent bather, as the picture at right would indicate.

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